India Four Two
19th Nov 2023, 18:35
My flight to Auckland arrived earlier than scheduled this morning and the car rental company that I booked with, was not yet open. So I sat down with a flat-white coffee (what else in NZ?) to wait until I could call them.
While sitting there, I realized I had walked under Jean Batten's Pertcival Gull 6 G-ADPR, that is suspended over the International Arrivals concourse:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/gull_1_d25a8d89b09b15392873d149ece5f6bfeed80e65.jpeg
I went upstairs to have a better look:
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/gull_2_f62c69c75d49a7ce5ebec71092e024ed8ec8a9d7.jpeg
Beneath the NZ flag on the rudder are the roundels of the Brazilian and Uruguayan Air Forces. The Percival logo on the fin says GULL VI:
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/gull_3_3e8baf98128f0a4846f100a681ede2180c6781d2.jpeg
I hadn't realized that she had flown this aircraft to South America before she undertook her England to New Zealand flight. A fascinating history, summarized on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Batten
While sitting there, I realized I had walked under Jean Batten's Pertcival Gull 6 G-ADPR, that is suspended over the International Arrivals concourse:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/gull_1_d25a8d89b09b15392873d149ece5f6bfeed80e65.jpeg
I went upstairs to have a better look:
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/gull_2_f62c69c75d49a7ce5ebec71092e024ed8ec8a9d7.jpeg
Beneath the NZ flag on the rudder are the roundels of the Brazilian and Uruguayan Air Forces. The Percival logo on the fin says GULL VI:
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/gull_3_3e8baf98128f0a4846f100a681ede2180c6781d2.jpeg
I hadn't realized that she had flown this aircraft to South America before she undertook her England to New Zealand flight. A fascinating history, summarized on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Batten